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【題目】I was wandering into the small store, when the store owner received a call from a customer. The customer and his wife had shopped there several months before. When noticing that his wife really liked one thing in the store, he wanted to buy it as a surprise. Because time was limited, out 【1】 (go) the couple without buying it. It was not until several months later that the customer wanted to buy it.

But the customer was in Tennessee, living far away from the store which was in Maine. What was more, he had been to the store several months before, and it was difficult to believe that the store owner would remember him, or 【2】 it was that he was referring to. There were 【3】 (diversity) goods in the store. The customer’s question was whether she could do it. She said yes. The store owner advised him to describe the thing for her and so he did.

【4】 (inform) what the thing was like, the store owner took a few close-up photos with her camera, and e-mailed them to the customer. Having received the photos, then the customer decided which one was the very thing.

Then the customer said, “Now it is time we discussed a price over the phone.” Apart 【5】 discussing the price, they also decided the time to send it. Then she took care of the credit card transaction(交易) online, and the customer proposed the gift 【6】 (send) that afternoon. Then the agreement was reached. The customer said. “I live far away from your place now. 【7】, I would get it myself.”

The store owner was really smart. She wasn’t necessarily 【8】 (talent) for new technology but she was willing to push herself to find new ways to make the transaction (交易) actually happen. It was not a dramatic thing. It was the first time she had ever done it. Never before had she done such a thing.

【9】 difficult it was, the store owner discovered a creative solution 【10】 (contribute) to a new way of doing business. In my view, we should realize that challenge and opportunity go hand in hand.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】went

【2】what

【3】diverse

【4】Informed/Having been informed

【5】from

【6】(should) be sent

【7】Otherwise

【8】talented

【9】However

【10】contributing

【解析】這是一篇記敘文。文章主要講述了Tennessee 的顧客通過電話購買Maine的商店的商品，而店員想出方法促成生意的故事。

【1】考查時(shí)態(tài)。句意：由于時(shí)間很緊張，所以這對夫婦沒有買就出去了。根據(jù)前句時(shí)態(tài)，所以應(yīng)該用過去式。

【2】考查賓語從句。句意：很難想象這個(gè)店主還能記得他，甚至記得他提到的事情。空格處做remember的賓語，同時(shí)又在賓語從句中做refer to的賓語，“記住提到的事情”，故用連接代詞what。

【3】考查形容詞。此處表示商店里有各種各樣的商品。修飾名詞goods要用形容詞diverse。

【4】考查非謂語動(dòng)詞。此處表示被告知這個(gè)物品長什么樣之后，店主仔細(xì)看了一下照片，然后把物品寄給了顧客。“通知”與store owner之間為被動(dòng)關(guān)系，所以用過去分詞。

【5】考查固定短語。句意：除了討論價(jià)格之外，他們還決定了寄送的時(shí)間。apart from除了。

【6】考查虛擬語氣。句意：顧客建議禮物應(yīng)該那天下午被寄送。propose后面跟賓語從句，則從句要用虛擬語氣should do，should可以省略�！岸Y物”與“寄送”為被動(dòng)關(guān)系，故填(should) be sent。

【7】考查副詞。句意：我住的離你們的地方很遠(yuǎn)，否則我會(huì)親自去取的。此處為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，用otherwise(否則)。

【8】考查形容詞做表語。句意：她不必對新技術(shù)非常有天賦，但是她愿意花心思去尋找新的方法來做成這個(gè)交易。be talented for在···方面有天賦。故填talented。

【9】考查副詞。這里表示“無論有多困難”，應(yīng)該用however。

【10】考查非謂語動(dòng)詞。句意：店主發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)有助于做成生意的創(chuàng)造性的解決方法。此處修飾solution作定語，solution與contribute to 之間為主動(dòng)關(guān)系，故用現(xiàn)在分詞contributing。